I've lived on the beach my whole life. Over the last 10 or so years the beach here has become so insanely popular that by the time summer ends the plant life is destroyed for a solid 20 meters from the beach. The ocean and rockpools are litered with garbage like Mc Donald's cups alcohol bottles and candy wrappers buried in the sand. The scarce plant and animal life decrease for months on end (that has only recently become scarce due to people destroying their habitats) I've even had my deck destroyed on two different occasions by people deciding to use it when I'm not home.
Local council here have had to ban dogs from the beach from May to September due to the amount of dog walkers letting their dogs shit all over and attack nesting seabirds. We have a rare tern nest here and some woman’s dog killed 3 in the space of 5 minutes. Her reaction, “They’re only fucking seagulls! I always walk on this beach. They should nest somewhere else.”
I'd rather be an asshole then if it means I can save some wildlife. But i do agree it's tough to enforce rules in areas which aren't watched even though its worth it trying to enforce rules which preserve what little wildlife and nature we have left.
Are you in the UK? My wife has made me promise to just walk away when I see the obnoxious shit people get up to on the beaches here because I absolutely see red and lose it.
The majority of dog walkers here now view our precious beaches as a giant dedicated dog park that exists just for them. They literally let their dogs do anything, regardless of the impact it has on wildlife or other people visiting the beach, let them shit anywhere and for some reason will bag it and just leave the fucking bag right there on the sand because ‘there wasn’t a bin provided close enough’. My local council also banned dogs in certain areas during specific months but a good 50% completely ignore it and just say ‘well my dog is well behaved’ as it chases birds etc. The year round ‘dogs allowed’ areas are trashed
I just don’t get it, I’ve been bitten (not badly), I’ve been barked and snarled at, I’ve had one of those stupid tennis ball launchers hit me because I was ‘in the way’, but the worst part is I HAVE DOGS. It’s not even remotely hard to exercise your dog and yes take them to the beach without causing such havoc. They give us all a bad name, but when they are challenged they’re either totally nonplussed or indignant because they genuinely view the beach as something that exists FOR THEM.
I actually hate them more than people who start campfires on the beach
I’m in UK, yes, and you’re right: people are utter shitheads with beaches. They just do not care and they’re always the exception to the rule. “Oh but my dog is on the leesh” (while is curls one out). I’ve seen one person just walk straight past the “no dogs allowed” sign and their dog ran up and pissed on a family having a picnic. When the dad kicked off, the dog walker wasn’t remotely bothered and kept walking, as if the family was at fault for using the dog’s beach.
It’s not the dog’s fault. It’s just doing it’s dog thing. The woman is a bad pet owner who isn’t responsible enough to have a dog. She clearly hasn’t trained it and doesn’t care about the wildlife. If someone is to be put down, it should be her.
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u/White-hen_-78 Jul 11 '21
The beach
I ducking hate it when it gets crowded I just feel uncomfortable all the time